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[ashecitism]

Well, Bungie does need all the help it can get.

Good one.

And there's not that much writing to be done for Dota 2 and CSGO.

;_; RIP Valvo story gaems. You could have been so much moar. RIP IN peaces . .. .

It's the end of Steam as we know it, and I feel fine.

He was mainly doing Dota 2 stuff and some comics. Outside of Valve he's been writing sci-fi novels.


Btw who was the last prominent dev who actually joined Valve? Abrash? Though he left...then Church? I fee like these last years we've been getting more news of people leaving rather than joining.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

I have been thinking The Witcher 3 today a lot and for a game that I really loved and played for 63 hours, that game had a really shitty (side) mission design. Half of the side missions themselves were "go to place, use Witcher senses, fight", all of the Witcher missions were exactly that and all of the treasure hunts were even worse. Hell, even the main story had some of those. Which is kinda silly because there were some REALLY GOOD side missions too.

If I would have left like 75% of the missions to the cutting room table.

 

[Diedac]

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bit Dungeon II -- MB-8A13CCC89E99D6AD - Taken by alr1ght
Doorways Chapter 3 The Underworld -- MB-28E93A68828C3F32 - Taken by Saty

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[Freedom = $1.05]

hmmm , gamesdeal.com is legit ?
mad max at $20

the general rule of thumb is that if the site sells digital codes for Blizzard games chances are good that they are not legit.

 

[jaundicejuice]

Oh, I see Ted Kosmatka (writer) left Valve for Bungie.

He wants to make games again.

Btw who was the last prominent dev who actually joined Valve? Abrash? Though he left...then Chutch? I fee like these last years we've been getting more news of people leaving rather than joining.

They're barely software developers at this point. Brad Wardell was kind of right (*shudder*) when he said Steam the platform was interfering with Valve the developer.

 

[MUnited83]

I mean, L4D3 should be almost ready so some people leaving makes sense.

 

[the_firewithin]

I mean, L4D3 should be almost ready so some people leaving makes sense.

this is not the 3 im wanting though

 

[kiyomi]

Just purchase it using PayPal. You don't need a VPN for GZ, got it there a few months ago. You can use the translate function in Chrome if you don't understand Spanish, a lot of the site is in English now anyway.

Tried to and it told me the product wasn't available in my country, so I just bought it elsewhere for a little more.

Thanks though.

 

[thesaucetastic]

Old news, but always worth a bump. Best-written game on Steam.

Having just finished it, I'd have to agree it's up there. It's not my favorite story, and it had a slow start, but the way it's told is pretty great. The middle was the best part though, I didn't really care about the beginning or end.

 

[ashecitism]

I mean, L4D3 should be almost ready so some people leaving makes sense.

People have been saying the game's ready for years now lol

 

[freshVeggie]

Man, this LGR video on HTC Vive is the first video really making me excited for it especially because it shows how different it is from the Rift. Never occurred to me that Rift is more "seated" and Vive is more "VR-Room". Was surprised when he said his experience with Vive was more impressive than Rift because of the scope.
Not gonna lie. The way he described it made me more excited for it as well than Rift since it seems to be more capable of giving the Holodeck

 

[Asgaro]

Oh, I see Ted Kosmatka (writer) left Valve for Bungie.

Volvo is kill.

 

[fantomena]

I mean, L4D3 should be almost ready so some people leaving makes sense.

L4D3 isn't alive to me before I see an official confirmation of it. That leaked jira screen or whatever doesn't help.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Volvo only makes hats and heroes now. There's only so much lore you can write before you have to find something more worthwhile

 

[MUnited83]

L4D3 isn't alive to me before I see an official confirmation of it. That leaked jira screen or whatever doesn't help.

L4D3 is basically Valve's worst kept secret. I'd say its probably a mid-2016 release.

 

[jaundicejuice]

Volvo only makes hats and heroes now. There's only so much lore you can write before you have to find something more worthwhile

They don't even make hats, those are almost purely crowd-sourced at this point.

 

[Hero Prinny]

I think L4D3 will be a f2p game if it actually exist. they'll make money off skins, stupid little dances, and most importantly: Hats.

 

[ashecitism]

Judging by the amount of complaining the Dota reddit does about Reborn, it's going to be hilarious once Valve flips the switch.

L4D3 is basically Valve's worst kept secret. I'd say its probably a mid-2016 release.

People said the same last year, and the year before that

 

[L.O.R.D]

two updates for FF type 0 in less then a day ?
is this the new square enix ?

 

[L.O.R.D]

the general rule of thumb is that if the site sells digital codes for Blizzard games chances are good that they are not legit.

what about Blizzard games to do with sites like this ?

 

[jaundicejuice]

If you have to ask, a safe rule of thumb would be, it's not legit.

 

[Nyteshade517]

what about Blizzard games to do with sites like this ?

because I don't believe Blizzard allows any other site than their own to sell game codes...so if a site has codes from them that's a red flag

 

[L.O.R.D]

because I don't believe Blizzard allows any other site than their own to sell game codes...so if a site has codes from them that's a red flag

soo , amazon now is a red flag ?

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

soo , amazon now is a red flag ?

actual game codes, LORD, not gift cards.

you cant be this obtuse

 

[dex3108]

Man fuck Avalanche. They created beautiful world and then they decided to put Photo Mode in it. How the hell i supposed to play game now? Every 5 minutes i stop to take screenshots

 

[L.O.R.D]

actual game codes, LORD, not gift cards.

you cant be this obtuse

i know

 

[MUnited83]

actual game codes, LORD, not gift cards.

you cant be this obtuse

I do wonder sometimes .

 

[Dsyndrome]

two updates for FF type 0 in less then a day ?
is this the new square enix ?

Apparently fixes sound stutter and FPS hits in FMV's, the only issue I had with the game. Can't test for myself since I'm in traveling for the 3-day weekend.

Man fuck Avalanche. They created beautiful world and then they decided to put Photo Mode in it. How the hell i supposed to play game now? Every 5 minutes i stop to take screenshots

Those evil fucks.

 

[Hero Prinny]

actual game codes, LORD, not gift cards.

you cant be this obtuse

 

[Leafhopper]

i know

 

[Spirited]

He was mainly doing Dota 2 stuff and some comics. Outside of Valve he's been writing sci-fi novels.


Btw who was the last prominent dev who actually joined Valve? Abrash? Though he left...then Church? I fee like these last years we've been getting more news of people leaving rather than joining.

Last one I remember joining Valve was that saint's row creative director*.

Not really that encourageing.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

GOOD GOD

I always miss one enemy in Ground Zeroes, but I don't know which one.

 

[ashecitism]

Man, this LGR video on HTC Vive is the first video really making me excited for it especially because it shows how different it is from the Rift. Never occurred to me that Rift is more "seated" and Vive is more "VR-Room". Was surprised when he said his experience with Vive was more impressive than Rift because of the scope.
Not gonna lie. The way he described it made me more excited for it as well than Rift since it seems to be more capable of giving the Holodeck

You really didn't know? That has been one of the main topics since the March reveal.

Last one I remember joining Valve was that saint's row writer, at least I think he was the last one I heard joining valve.

Oh right, Steve Jaros. Last time he talked about work, he said he wrote the trailer for the February Dota event.

 

[frontovik]

I've been waiting 3 days for steam support to respond to my ticket, as I've been unable to make any purchases on steam due to an unknown error. This is becoming a tad frustrating.

 

[dex3108]

I've been waiting 3 days for steam support to respond to my ticket, as I've been unable to make any purchases on steam due to an unknown error. This is becoming a tad frustrating.

Valve Support never never fails to disappoint.


Here have a few more Wasteland vistas

 

[zkylon]

i can tell max is pretty but like

is it fun?

lemme phrase it better

is it an ubisoft game

I have been thinking The Witcher 3 today a lot and for a game that I really loved and played for 63 hours, that game had a really shitty (side) mission design. Half of the side missions themselves were "go to place, use Witcher senses, fight", all of the Witcher missions were exactly that and all of the treasure hunts were even worse. Hell, even the main story had some of those. Which is kinda silly because there were some REALLY GOOD side missions too.

If I would have left like 75% of the missions to the cutting room table.

yea, i like it a lot but i feel like the game really hurts from not having many systems outside of dialogue, combat, batman mode and gwent.

like the game barely uses platforming or puzzles and it doesn't have a stealth system so for an open world game it feels a bit repetitive, specially since it's not really like a sandbox thing in which u can like run over a random pedestrian with ur horse and get into swordfights with the guard or whatever. and side missions are usually solvable in just the one way with like little differences in like if u feel sympathy and let the killer live or if u kill them outright. like i guess u have an extra fight if you don't but it's never like "i gotta find who the killer is, i can like take the murder weapon to the smithy to know who bought it, or like follow the bloody footsteps to the killer's home or like ask the victim's friends for enemies" or whatever. there's a bit of that, but it's very directed and it's usually just two choices at most

i also hate that the horse feels so bad. i tried the horse in metal gear, now that's a horse

still love the game cos the writing and the world are both really good but i feel like it needs a bit more sandbox in it

 

[dex3108]

i can tell max is pretty but like

is it fun?

lemme phrase it better

is it an ubisoft game

It depends what is fun for you. It is Ubisoft type of OW game but with few tweaks and changes. I enjoy playing it. Chum often has funny comments, map is huge and i like to explore it, missions are nothing special but they are fun to do etc.

 

[Teggy]

i can tell max is pretty but like

is it fun?

lemme phrase it better

is it an ubisoft game

It doesn't have Ubitowers but it is total ADD gaming - you head off to a mission and 10 side activities pop up on your map along the way, making it so you never actually make it to that mission.

It does have a bit of a 3rd person Far Cry feel in that you are taking over outposts, but instead of stealth you take stuff out with your car and then beat everyone up. Racing, collecting, etc. So far it has been very satisfying, but I can totally see it start to burn me out over time.


On the subject of MGS, 90% fulton recovery rate and 2 completely failed recoveries, including the HVT. I guess I learned my lesson there.

 

[L.O.R.D]

https://twitter.com/BundleStars/status/639883887502471168

i knew it

 

[Vibranium]

this is not the 3 im wanting though

I'd like to see Eric Wolpaw write a new IP for Valve, with a similar tone to Psychonauts. But that's as unlikely as them ever making an RPG is.

 

[LordCommanderNooooo]

Hey guys, a key from one of the giveaways was already used, what should I do? Contact the one who gave it away in the first place?

 

[zkylon]

It depends what is fun for you. It is Ubisoft type of OW game but with few tweaks and changes. I enjoy playing it. Chum often has funny comments, map is huge and i like to explore it, missions are nothing special but they are fun to do etc.

It doesn't have Ubitowers but it is total ADD gaming - you head off to a mission and 10 side activities pop up on your map along the way, making it so you never actually make it to that mission.

It does have a bit of a 3rd person Far Cry feel in that you are taking over outposts, but instead of stealth you take stuff out with your car and then beat everyone up. Racing, collecting, etc. So far it has been very satisfying, but I can totally see it start to burn me out over time.

ehhhh, i'm conflicted. i kind of hate the ubi design paradigm and i was like bored reaaaally quickly into blood dragon. i still quite liked like ass creed 3 so i think if the settings good enough and i skip most of the side content i can have a decent enough time, and i really like mad max so who knows

some day..

 

[Knurek]

https://twitter.com/BundleStars/status/639883887502471168

i knew it

Okosan was right all along.

 

[Chance Hale]

About to go see Of Montreal live, maybe concerts can replace my expensive and dangerous gaming purchase habits.

 

[Snakethesniper]

Did nuuvem change something? From what I remember the DLC for Pillars was locked, now you can buy it without VPN

 

[Chance Hale]

Did nuuvem change something? From what I remember the DLC for Pillars was locked, now you can buy it without VPN

I thought so as well this morning but they just removed the hiding of some region locked game. If I try to buy it I'm told that it's unavailable in my country.

 

[FloatOn]

About to go see Of Montreal live, maybe concerts can replace my expensive and dangerous gaming purchase habits.

So jelly

 

[Chance Hale]

So jelly

I'm interested to see how the concert goes, Of Montreal are known for their incredibly elaborate and theatrical performances using special lighting, actors, and so on yet the venue the performance is being held in is a super tiny shack, lol.

 

[someguyinahat]

Hey guys, a key from one of the giveaways was already used, what should I do? Contact the one who gave it away in the first place?

Accept that it happens, shrug it off, move on. It's happened to me several times. It's not like I felt I was now OWED the game or anything.

 

[Mr. Doop]

About to go see Of Montreal live, maybe concerts can replace my expensive and dangerous gaming purchase habits.

Oh man, I'm super jealous. I'm going to see them on the 16th.